Question

Assertion (S): Gandhiji called off the Non-Cooperation Movement in 1922

Reason(R): An unruly crowd burnt down a police station in Chauri Chaura in 1922

1. Both S and R are true and R is the correct explanation of S.
2. Both S and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of S.
3. S is true and R is false.
4. S is false and R is true.

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 1 : Both S and R are true and R is the correct explanation of S.

Assertion (S): Gandhiji called off the Non-Cooperation Movement in 1922

Reason(R): An unruly crowd burnt down a police station in Chauri Chaura in 1922

The Non-Cooperation Movement was launched on 4 September 1920 by Mahatma Gandhi with the aim of inducing full independence to India. But it was called off after an unruly crowd burnt down a police station in the Chauri Chaura in February 1922.

Therefore, The Assertion is true and Reason is the correct explanation of the assertion.

Hence, the correct answer is both S and R are true and R is the correct explanation of S.

Reason for Non-Cooperation Movement

• ​Jallianwala Bagh Massacre
• Khilafat Agitation
• Rowlatt Act.
• Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms